Char-Broil® Performance Series™ TRU-Infrared Cooking Technology 3-Burner with Side Burner Cart Propane Gas Stainless Steel Grill - 463370719

Bought it this summer. Has been a great grill so far. The infrared glass grates are awesome. Never have the cold spots. And I don't think it takes any longer to heat up than regular open rung grates. Gets nice and hot. Doesn't overuse propane. Quality of the steaks, burgers, chicken, sausages, veggies, etc has been delicious.Cleaning is a pain. Very difficult to find an appropriate size/style of cleaning brush. Cleaning the bottom below the burners is tricky. but the pan below the main burner section is only possible to clean if you unscrew half the grill. Really weird. Assembly was good overall, but it depends on your level of handy.For the money, it's a quality grill and I'm glad I have one.

This grill took our amateur enthusiast grilling to a new level. The unique grill surface allows grilling of vegetables and meat with even heat for that great char look and flavor without drying out the food. Flare-ups are way down and the food is protected. We noticed the flavor and quality improvement over open grills right away.It has three sections, plus a fast lighting burner. It does consume the gas so be aware; but you get great control of the surfaces. We look forward to using it as a smoker by putting a cast iron griddle on the grill plus using wood chips.The cleaning process is fairly easy with the included tool, some soaking if you prefer and some care. Any charred remains stay on the grill sections and out of the cooking bed, so it does not build up with debris.Check out the design and the price and you will see this is a great value. It looks sharp and it offers many cooking options for what could easily be a higher priced unit.

I was curious about infrared grills. My old Weber Genesis was getting to be a pain with all of the grease fires from grease that built up in it rather quickly. An infrared grill designed to burn the grease off sounded like a good idea. I didn't want to invest huge money in a grill without knowing if I would like the cooking method, so I picked this grill via a scratch-and-dent sale from the Amazon Warehouse for $218. (It truly was a scratch and dent and had a good sized dent in the hood. It was cosmetic only and didn't affect the functionality).Assembly was fairly easy. The grill felt reasonably solid. Not like an expensive grill, but solid enough that it didn't feel like it was going to fall apart.Performance is great for searing steaks and burgers. The grill lights easily and gets up to searing temperature. My old Weber only got up to searing temperature if the grease in it caught fire LOL. When new, the grates worked well, but the little holes in the trough tend to clog and the scraper provided with the grill doesn't reach deep enough to clean them out easily. The high temperature does a great job of burning off all the grease. The result is this grill smokes a lot when running. There is a tiny grease drip cup underneath, but for the most part it never gets used- I let all of the grease burn off. It's been more than 2 years now and I have yet to have a grease fire, so that part works great.The grill is not so good at low temperature cooking. I used to cook chicken thighs on the Weber at a low temp for 30 to 45 minutes which would melt away all the fat in them and the skin and leave a nice crispy outside. (Also a reason grease accumulated in the grill...) With this infrared grill, the temperature doesn't get low enough and it ends up cooking too hot and the outside is done before all the fat inside the thigh has rendered. After cooking these, I would always crank up the heat and burn off the grease, which this grill does well.I've now been using this grill for 2+ years and everything has held up much better than I expected. I've had cheap Char-Broil grills in the past that rusted apart after a year or two, but this one still looks pretty good. Except for the grates. They are a bit rusty and don't look very good anymore. They are still functional, however. I have never used the side burner other than to turn it on when I first assembled the grill. The igniter still works great, which is impressive, because even the Weber igniter failed pretty quickly, so I expect them not to last.Overall, I give this grill 4 stars. The poor low temperature performance and the poor quality of the grates cost it one star.

I was hesitant to purchase I had owned a Char-broil I bought about 9 years ago and no matter what it would not go above about 300 degrees. So I haven't used it in 6 years. But recently found out my wife doesn't like the taste of charcoal. ( I do ) so I saw this and figured the infer-red cooking looked interesting, so I'd give it a shot. It came last Wednesday put it together with ease and barbequed on it that night. It got all the way up to 650 Degree in about 10 minutes. To say the least I was impressed. It cooked very fast with no real flare-ups and everything was fully cooked all areas of the grill seemed to be equally hot all around. I have used it twice already and will be using it later today. Good job Char-broil and Good jo Amazon for getting it here so quickly and in such good shape. I hope it lasts a really long time. Oh, and a breeze to clean. I love it so far.

This grill is awesome. Arrived quickly and box has straps around it so that it can be easily carried. Assembly ease and time was better than I expected and I had no problem putting it together myself. Once I connected the propane tank and fired it up, was surprised at how hot the grill got. Temperature gauge said 650-degrees, and that was only after a short preheat on high. In terms of size, this grill is perfect for our family of four. Had friends over this weekend, and easily fit 7 burgers, 5 brats and 4 big ears of corn on the grill. The cooking grates on this grill are really cool. There are little holes in the grates, but flames can’t come up above the grates. And every time grease drips from the food, (burgers and brats for me), it sizzles and smokes on the grill grate surface. I think this is the infrared technology and is definitely a cool feature. All in all, food was been great. Did chicken breasts and they came out really juicy. Great grill.

Seems to be of good quality and works well. Assembly is not too bad but will take an hour or two. The two screws for the handle on the lid are awkward as they have a tendency to fall inside the double-skinned lid - but I used some tape to fasten the screws to the screwdriver (wrap it around both) and that did the trick.